threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 hours agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down13
arrow-up1142arrow-down1external-linkDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·edit-213 hours agoCan we launch a satellite at it, perhaps detonate a huge nuke on it to make that chance higher? Wait, we could just detonate all those huge nukes here right now. Show that stupid asteroid.
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoProject Sundial can still make a comeback.
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni 🇺🇸@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 hours agoNuke the far side of the moon and plunge it into earth. Give the asteroid inadequacy issues.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoWouldn’t detonating on the forward side rather than the zenith side be most effective at lowering the perigee of the moon?
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoYou think humanity would be in this spot if the average person had a fucking clue whatsoever?
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni 🇺🇸@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoall i remember from my ksp days is add more struts
minus-squareKrik@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours ago all i remember from my ksp days is add more struts boosters Fixed it for you.
Can we launch a satellite at it, perhaps detonate a huge nuke on it to make that chance higher?
Wait, we could just detonate all those huge nukes here right now. Show that stupid asteroid.
Project Sundial can still make a comeback.
Nuke the far side of the moon and plunge it into earth. Give the asteroid inadequacy issues.
Wouldn’t detonating on the forward side rather than the zenith side be most effective at lowering the perigee of the moon?
You think humanity would be in this spot if the average person had a fucking clue whatsoever?
all i remember from my ksp days is add more struts
Fixed it for you.